Spyro was feeling delightful. He recently had beaten the grueling Demon trials, and would be free of fighting the Darkness for a whole entire year. An entire sixteen months. He was turning seventeen this year. He would be recognised as an adult dragon while Cynder would be turning sixteen. Her birthday was actually in a couple of weeks. When he went down to the Masters Den, he found no trace of them. He guessed they were out training other dragons. He had to get to his classes as it was start of term.

A bunch of new Skylanders were coming in. He had three new students. Krypt King, Voodood, and Gear Shift. (Note: I use these as I want to get most of my characters descriptions frm the Skylanders Wiki.) Voodood seemed mellow enough. Gear Shift was an eager learner. She said she wanted to "Learn from the Best.". Only Krypt King had a problem. Spyro occasionaly had to go over book strategies. Krypt King was not respectful to Spyro at all. Spyro wore a Skolopendra scale cape. He thought it would make him a little more fierce looking so nobody would mess around.

When he turned to the board to write something down, Krypt King threw a tiny sword at him. Spyro, without even flinching, caught the sword and crushed it in his hand. He turned around. Krypt King started talking. "Come on. This class is so boring. I thought you were going to show us some actual moves. Not just read from books.". Spyro was trying to keep calm, but Krypt continued. "And you teach off all things. The only reason you win is because you have some dumb Spirit inside yourself.".

That was it. Spyro turned Dark and marched over to Krypt. "You see this cape on my back, Yes or No?" he said. Krypt tutted. "How could I not, it's the only redeeming feature you have. Honestly, what magic did you have to perform to get a girlfriend.". Spyro was at the end of his tether. He turned Corrupt and bared down on Krypt with such a murderous look on his face that it made even Krypt waver. "I got this cape from a skolopendra. I strangled it with my bare hands. When I see you accomplish such a feat, you won't have to listen anymore." he said.

He continued. "I have faced beasts so horrifying, they would sent you flying away, crying for your mom and dad. Until you can fight what I can fight, you listen to me in this class, Is that understood?"'. Krpyt could only nod his head. Spyro turned away. The class continued, looking at Spyro with increased respect. Spyro turned back. "So unless you want to do janitorial duties for the next blue moon I would suggest you turn to pages three-hundred and forty-six." he said with an implication that he was not messing around.

Krypt King was noticably quicker than anybody else to get to that page. Spyro was not as much of a mishevious person as they thought, although his pranks on April first are unparralleled. At the end of the day, the teachers were talking about Krypt King in their classes. "Never had such an obnoxious person in my classes since Spyro." said Jet-Vac. Eruptor said, "The roof of my classroom was incinerated by my temper two minues into class. That is a bratt that Krypt King.".

Stealth Elf said, "That student was one of the most disrespectful students I ever met. He used his sword to chop off all the pages in the textbook.". Pop-Fizz was even grieved. "He made my potions explode in my face and turned me into a parrot.". They asked how Spyro had his experience with Krypt King. Spyro just smiled and said, "He didn't cause much of a problem after I dealt with him.". Cynder taught undead magic and said, "Why were you complaining about Krypt, he didn't do anything really obnoxious.".

The change was sudden. The next day in fact, everyone wondered what had happened to Krypt. He used to be such a gangster. Now, he had been changed. He was always the last one to enter Spyro's classroom, and always the first one to leave. Spyro figured out everyone's skillset rather quickly. Krypt King had only his sword, but he was a master samuri. Spyro said to step up to the mat to address his skills. Krypt was afraid of Spyro, but he grabbed his Sword. When Spyro said that Krypt would be fighting him, everyone turned to watch.

Krypt King may have had only his sword, but he could rival a lot of people. Spyro took out his sword. Krypt objected saying as it was a double blade, but he was cut off as Spyro transformed it into a single Sword form. The strikes that followed were fast and hard to discern. Spyro was the better of the two. When Krypt King was finally able to get a hit, he bounced off like a trampoline. Spyro gave a bland expression. "Before you ask, my scales consist of a vibrantanium alloy, which redirects all force.".

They went a few more times before Krypt King was comepletly wiped out. Spyro finished up with the classes for the day and went out for a dinner with his parents and Cynder of course. They went to someplace special. They went onboard Spyro's trireme. Embedded with gold plated luxury, the ship was one of the finest places for Spyro to eat on. He set the ship on autopilot to take them for the nicest tour of the Skylands. As they ate, Spyro constantly called on S.T.A.T.S., his new AI system.

"It stands for Super Thoughtful Aggrivating Talking System." he explained. "Isn't that right STATS?". "Yes sir, although the part about be me being aggrivating may be slightly inacurate. The part about me being aggrivating has a chance of 98630 to 1." STATS said. Spyro waved him away, "Whatever STATS. So, what's been happening Mom? Dad?". His parents looked at each other. "Well, we've had a lot more time together since you don't visit us as often..." his mom started. Spyro felt bad after she said that.

His mother looked over and said, "We don't blame you for not being able to visit us, You are the chosen one. You had to do all that saving the world. We still love you anyways Spyro. Brrr, it's getting cold in here or what?". Spyro looked over and saw that they were traveling through the Icy Peaks. "STATS!" Spyro called. "Yes sir," said STATS, "how may I help you?". Spyro ordered, "I need you to give my parents a hot coco and crank the heating up to 78.5 degrees Farehnhiet.". "Right away." said STATS.

The temperature warmed up. Spyro asked what they wanted for a second course. He called for STATS and said, "I need a 2 foot chicken pot pie, no broccoli, fries on the side, Medium roasted. Also two plain Medium Quarter-Pounders with cheese. And one vegan hamburger. Medium toasted at 300 degrees.". "Already on it." ,said STATS. Cynder was impressed. "That is some AI system." she said, astounded. Spyro simply said, "He runs over 19,000 algorithms per second. He can perform over ten tasks at once without blowing a fuse.".

"Did you know that the average person's mind can run at only 18,000 algorithms per second." Spyro said. After the second course was finished, they moved on to dessert. Spyro was happy to spend this time with his parents. He was happy he was getting off for a year of peace. This was the longest time he had not needed to fight since his two month postponement of war, and the battle before, he had almost died from power drain. He had come off of his last battle a little better, although the risk of dying was still there, it always was.

Spyro didn't say much as they finished up dinner. His parents went back to their own house as Spyro was preparing for his lessons for tommorow. He learned agreat deal of things today. He always did. Spyro wondered how he would get stronger when the Darkness returned. When he thought that, his expression drooped. He had seen way too many battles. The War was on his mind 24/7. He could not escape from it. That night, he had a nightmare that the war was lost and everyone was gone.

He woke up screaming. He became restless. Unable to forget the war. The war was taking a toll on the great Skylander. He had many questions and too few answers for himself. "For once," he muttered to himself, "I want a definitive answer to my questions. Will I live or will I die? Will I lead a good or bad life? I need answers.". Spyro took many moons to calm himself down. He needed a long rest. He constantly had bags under his fiery eyes. The only time he got relief was when he was sleeping.

Before he knew it, it was nearing Christmas.His year was almost one-third over. Spyro was in a ripled state, isolating himself from everyone. Even Cynder. Only sleeping gave him help. His eyes kept burning with the desire to destroy the Darkness's regieme. He hated that he could do nothing as the Dark Forces were still out there. That was one of his weaknesses. Not doing anything to help. His mind was hardwired to have to do something. He always needed to complete his goal quickly as possible.

He didn't want anybody to be hurt while he sat by and did nothing. Cynder however, was worried for Spyro. As he had isolated himself from everyone, he had reduce to only seeing the horrors of the world. Spyro was paranoid. Paranoid that he would lose everything. He jumped at the slightest sound. He vented his feelings by training hard. His mind was calmed when he trained. It allowed him to be doing something. He challenged himself until he was almost unstoppable. Dark Spyro observed his behavior.

He searched the grounds for only something he knew about. It was the Scepter of Corruption. Anyone who came near it could be very paranoid forever until an antidote is made. He searched for them until he decided to fly around Spyro's house for excercise. He then saw something underneath Spyro's house. He looked closer and when he saw what it was, his heart stopped. It was the Scepter of Corruption. Dark Spyro saw it was lodged in the underside of the island. He pulled it out. The Scepter didn't affect him because of his previous corruption.

The minute Spyro came home, he started to feel relaxed, something he had not felt in a long time. His change in behavior was noted by Cynder. She looked for Dark Spyro. Weirdly enough, she could not find him. He seemed to have vanished. She guessed he had gone somewhere. She was right. Dark Spyro was somewhere. At the moment though, he was fine. He was calm. However, what he was doing was greatly associated with the Battle of the Second War that was coming up after the Darkness escaped.

Dark Spyro met who he needed to in he Falling Forest. He was holding the Scepter of Corruption. "You have it?" asked the person he met in his mistiest tone. Dark Spyro looked at who was speaking. "Yes, and I now have no shadow of any doubt that it belongs with you. This will be necessary, but I still can't believe you are doing this, and being so willing of it Dragon of Time.". The Dragon of Time looked at him with sadness in his eyes. "I have lived life to the fullest, my wife will be waiting for me. And one more thing Dark Spyro," he said as he was handed the Scepter, "You have made me proud.".

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Dark Spyro, now helping the Dragon of Time with a plan. What is it?

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